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A streaming music system for the audio enthusiast

Enjoy high-end audio throughout your home. While there are many streaming speakers in today's audio landscape, Bluesound's multi-room music system focuses on giving you the most from high-resolution audio files. The makers of NAD electronics and PSB speakers used their years of audio experience to create this line of multi-room audio gear for the discerning listener. And you can control the Bluesound system using a free app for smartphone or tablet.

Hi-fi streaming through your favorite stereo speakers

Meet the Bluesound Powernode, a wireless music player with a high-performance stereo amplifier built in, for driving virtually any pair of speakers you choose. It may be small, but it's powerful enough to drive a pair of floor-standing speakers. The Powernode utilizes the advanced technology of NAD digital music processing and amplification.

DirectDigital™ Amplifier technology reduces noise and distortion

Bluesound's DirectDigital Amplifier uses the same technology that's found in NAD's Masters Series products. These amplifiers use a streamlined signal path and internal digital-to-analog converters with exceptional speed and accuracy. The result? You'll experience less distortion, deeper bass, and more texture and clarity than with other wireless music players.

A wide variety of music options

Bluesound was designed to play just about any digital music you might have in your collection, including high-resolution files up to 24-bit/192kHz. Access the music stored on your computer or a networked hard drive, or tap into Internet radio stations and online streaming services like Rdio™, Spotify®, TIDAL, and Rhapsody (subscription required for some services). Each Bluesound player also features a USB input for playing files "locally" from a thumb drive or hard drive, so if a friend brings over their favorite album or playlist, you can listen to it through your system.

Create a high-resolution multi-room music system

Node: This small player connects to an amplified system, like a bookshelf audio system or a home theater system.

Pulse: This all-in-one player is perfect for almost any room. It has built-in PSB speakers for great sound in a compact package.

Vault: If you've amassed a large collection of CDs, then the Vault was designed for you. It's a storage drive designed with the audio enthusiast in mind. This drive defaults to bit-perfect recording of your CDs, letting you experience every detail without switching discs every time you want to hear a new track or album.

Place a Pulse in your kitchen, attach a Node to your home audio system, and use the PowerNode to drive your high-end speakers.

Control in the palm of your hand

In addition to creating high-end music players, Bluesound also developed free apps for Apple® and Android™ so you can control the system easily with your portable device. Pull up the app on your smartphone or tablet and you can select songs and adjust volume. Play music in one room, all rooms, or different tracks in different spaces around your home.

The Absolute Sound's 2014 Product of the Year Awards: All-In-One System of the Year

The designers at NAD and PSB have come up with a brilliant solution to the problem of high-res, whole-house audio that combines superb sound reproduction with twenty-first-century connectivity.

Product Highlights:

communicates with other Bluesound players via your home network (wired or wireless)

control the system with a free app for your smartphone, tablet, or computer (Android™, iOS®, Kindle Fire, Windows®, and Mac®)

plays MP3, AAC, WMA, OGG, WMA-L, FLAC, ALAC, WAV, and AIFF files

supported sample rates: 32kHz to 192kHz

plays Internet radio stations from TuneIn Radio

Spotify Connect lets you play Spotify's streaming music library through your Bluesound system via your smartphone or tablet (requires Spotify app and a premium subscription; firmware and app version 1.10.0 or higher)

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Reduced quality from last years product. Poor Bluesound support.

I purchased a bluesound node from Crutchfield a year ago, followed shortly by a power node. Both were excellent products in my experience, enough so I was motivated to purchase two more power nodes last week. What a different experience this time - like a punch in the face for products I just shelled out a lot of money for. I was pre-wired for banana jacks to my speaker wires to my pre-installed speakers. After work, I expected to simply plug in the banana jacks, download the latest firmware and be pleasantly listening to music in no time...based upon past experience. Wrong - I noticed the four way binding posts were different. Appeared to only be able to take bare wire (spring load). I called Crutchfield customer support and they told me their notes indicate that it's not indicated in the Bluesound manual but the red and black plastic covers can be removed to expose the banana jacks, "but it's not easy". I spent over 15 minutes trying to remove one (had 8 to remove on the two power nodes). Two caps broke off on one Powernode leaving the banana jacks blocked and rendering the Powernode unusable to me. I spoke with customer support and bluesounds north american president - nothing but "we're sorry" "thanks for the feedback". I will probably return one of the power nodes if not both due to the poor experience with Bluesound...and their poor customer support (other than counting on Crutchfield). Bluesound is riding on NAD's good name. Bluesound quality is not up to NAD's.

Pros:Crutchfield customer support. I had to return one bluesound because two of the caps covering the banana jacks wouldn't come out. Crutchfield sent a replacement right away. Crutchfield even removed the banana jack plugs ahead of time so I wouldn't need to.

Cons:In order from very worst:
Bluesounds customer support, including Bluesound North American President
Caps over binding post banana jacks - like a punch in the face to their high $$ paying customers. Have fun removing these if you use banana jacks.
Speaker wire binding posts are poor quality. May try changing the banana jacks I used to another brand, getting a very poor connection. Hopefully another brand will work better - never had a problem with banana jacks on any other products.

Great sound quality, convenience, and app

This is my second BlueSound product. I previously owned the Node for nine months, which I have attached to my main stereo music system. So I already knew the superb quality of the sound produced through the Bluesound products. I bought the Powernode for my home office. The Powernode is essentially the Node, with a built in amplifier. I paired the Powernode with Audioengine P4 bookshelf speakers. It sounds fantastic. Bothe the Node and Powernode have a great internal DAC chip, which produces beautiful, natural, and nuanced sound. I listen to CD quality, 24/96 and 24/192 Flac files through these systems and they all sound great. Also, the ios and android controller apps are full featured, stable and intuitive. I love the interface, and Bluesound keeps improving the apps' features, and adding new music services all the time. I have used Spotify Connect and TuneIn with the Bluesound and they work great. Most recently, I started using the Tidal service to stream uncompressed CD quality FLAC music to my Node/Powernode, and the quality is amazing. (I immediately cancelled Spotify.) I also use the PC and OS X applications to control the Bluesound when I am at my PC in my office or MacBook, they both are full featured, stable, and work great. I store all my music on a NAS drive, and have the Node and Powernode cabled into my network (as opposed to WiFi). Take it from me, if you want great sounding music in any room in the house, don't hesitate to buy the Bluesound products.

Pros:Beautiful high resolution music reproduction, convenient, stylish, great apps, great customer support.

Cons:I wish the Powernode had balance and tone controls, but right now it doesn't seem like it is hampering my enjoyment. Also, I believe Bluesound is working on adding those features.

Sound quality far superior to Sonos

I auditioned this next to a Sonos Connect:AMP. There was no comparison. The sound quality out of the PowerNode is heads and shoulders above the Sonos. It's no surprise, really, given that this uses NAD's excellent DirectDigital amplifier technology. This is true even on regular 16-bit / 44.1 kHz files. The BlueSound sounds even better on high res files, which the Sonos won't even play.

The BlueSound products also provide more flexibility by allowing me to use the existing 802.11n access points in my house rather than purchasing Sonos repeaters.

I also like the Bluesound controller app better, especially the "New" tab which shows songs that have recently been added to the library.

Excellent Products

Written By Tom, Rochester NY on Thursday, September 26, 2013

I was late to the streaming party, but in the past few years I've bounced around from Airplay to JRiver and others, hardware from WD TVs to Apple TVs to Marantz NA7004s, files from ALAC to ripped FLAC to HiDef downloads, and more apps than I can count, which mostly worked OK but overall never was a coherent, consistent, "whole house system" with quality sound. Had to settle with all of the options out there, or pay ridiculous prices. Sonos always was intriguing but limited by lack of hi-def, didn't want to paint myself in a corner.

I got NAD M50, M51 and M52 about a year ago, and that took care of my main system for streaming high quality files. I had heard about Bluesound, and followed its debut in Europe. When they began selling in the US, I tried a Powernode for the patio, and a Node for the basement, as a trial run. Those worked so well that I got another node for the master bedroom. They work flawlessly with the NAD components, and the apps are great -- I've had no issues with dropout or any other problems, and the apps are updated often. I have everything hard-wired Ethernet, not wireless, because of the hi-res files.

The Powernode has great sound, actually more than I really need outside with my current speakers (Polks) -- will try it out with some speakers inside during the winter, as a test run for future options.

These components from Bluesound have brought everything together for my systems, and I couldn't be more pleased with the quality and ease of use.

Note: The Bluesound D30 2.1 Sub/Sat system (813D30B/W, sold
separately) makes the perfect companion for the PowerNode.

Wired or Wireless Network Connection: The Bluesound PowerNode can be
connected to your home network and Internet provider via a hardwired Ethernet
(RJ-45) jack connector or wireless WiFi (802.11n) connection. Either network/internet
connection allows you to stream music from your Windows or Mac computer and NAS
drive (such as the Bluesound Vault, sold separately); as well as stream select online music services.

Computer Audio: Thanks to its network connection, the
PowerNode can access your digital music stored on your network
connected Microsoft Windows (XP/2000/Vista/7) PC or Apple Macintosh OS X
computer. You are able to select and playback the digital audio files
that are on your PC or computer via the free downloadable app on your iOS or
android device. The PowerNode
supports MP3, AAC, WMA, OGG, WMA-L, FLAC, ALAC, WAV, and AIFF music files
with bit-rates of 16/24-bit and native sampling rates of 32, 44.1, 48, 88.2,
96, 176.4, and 192kHz.

Online Music Services: With a network and internet
connection, the PowerNode lets you access select online music services.

TuneIn: TuneIn is a free online
music service that offers over 70,000 Internet radio stations; including
music, sports, news, and entertainment. You can listen to local stations
or discover new stations from around the world. You are able to search
for music by genre (Adult Contemporary, Classical, Country, Reggae,
etc.), location (continent and country), and language (English, French,
Spanish, etc). You also get access to talk radio and podcasts. In
addition, you can save your favorite Internet radio stations as "My
Favorites".

Rdio:Rdio
is an online digital music with a catalog of 20 million songs and
interruptions or advertisements. Rdio makes it easy to find what you're
looking for, whether it's an artist, album, song, or a custom playlist. A
$10.00 per-month Rdio subscription is required.

Spotify Connect: Through
Spotify
Connect, you can enjoy over 20 million songs, easily streamed to the
Bluesound device through your home network, either via Wi-Fi or
Ethernet; with simple control on any iOS or Android device. Requires
Spotify app and a premium subscription; firmware and app version 1.10.0
or higher.

Note: This device needs to be connected to your home's
network and the internet in order to access music on your computer, Internet
radio stations, and online streaming music services. A paid subscription may
be required to access some streaming music or internet radio services. An
internet connection is also required for software/hardware updates. This
unit can be connected to the internet using a LAN-based, DSL, Wi-Fi or cable
modem connection.

USB (Type-A) Input: The Bluesound PowerNode features a USB
(type-A) port to directly connect your USB mass storage class (MSC) device; such
as a thumbdrive,or external hard-drive. The unit's USB port supports music
playback from these compatible USB devices formatted in FAT 32. The USB port is
not compatible with the direct connection of an Apple iPod/iPhone/iPad or
Android devices.

Note: There is also a mini-USB (type-B) port that is used
for service purposes only (not for consumer use). Only authorized service
personnel can access this USB port.

Free Control App for iOS & Android: You can download the
free Bluesound Remote App from
iTunes or
GooglePlay in order to use your Apple iOS (5.0+) or Android (2.1+) device to
control the PowerNode. You are able to browse
your local music library from a NAS or Windows/Mac computer on your network. You
can also search for and listen to online music from TuneIn and rdio.
In addition, you can create, edit, and retrieve your favorite music playlists.
The Bluesound Remote App even provides artist/song/album information and Album
Art. The remote app can be used in portrait or landscape mode. There are three
main screens; the Center Screen which has the playback controls and source
information, the Menu Screen which is swiped in from the left side, and the
Players Screen which is swiped in from the right side. Simply pinch, swipe, and
tap the screen of your iOS or Android device to make selections. If you have multiple Bluesound devices on the same network,
you can use the Bluesound Remote App to control each of them separately. You
are able to play the same music track or different music tracks at the same
volume or different volume level.

Spring Post Speaker Terminals: The Bluesound PowerNode is equipped
with four spring post speaker terminals to connect a pair of loudspeakers. The terminals will accept single or dual banana plug connectors or bare wire. The plastic terminal caps must first be removed in order to use banana plugs.

Subwoofer Output: The PowerNode features a mono-RCA subwoofer
output for connecting an external powered subwoofer to your speaker system.

Detachable Power Cord: The Bluesound PowerNode is powered by standard household current using the supplied 6.5' detachable AC
power cord.

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